I’ve been going on the assumption that when the Vikings made it to North America in the Templar universe, they stayed, and ended up slugging it out with the Indians long before the rest of Europe came over. Vikings instead of cowboys in the cultural mythology.

‘Course, I’m basing this off nothing but the cereal box.

And that kinda doesn’t explain why Feather would still call them “Indians:” as far as I know, eleventh-century Norskers didn’t know about the Indian subcontinent to be able to mistake America for it.

I think you’re projecting in what you want; try “Wheels of If” if you haven’t already. If the Vikings had stayed (even if Columbus came after), I don’t think there would have been Presidents Andrew Jackson and Jimmy Carter.

There are still people who call them Indians even in this world. I assumed that she was talking about people from India, but I guess they could be considered Asian by the Jakes (and that’s the only way I can fit the Americas into their beliefs)